Tag: Health

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks about the current situation in the Korean penisula and northeast Asia at a forum in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017.

Madeleine Albright: Women have to work twice as hard as men to be taken seriously

Anna Giaritelli · November 2, 2018 4:22 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump surrenders to the socialists on drug price controls

Ryan Ellis · October 30, 2018 9:51 pm

Sodas and energy drink are stacked and line the shelves in a grocery store Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers scrambling to find money to fix Illinois' multibillion dollar deficit are looking to sugary drinks as one potential source of revenue. Taxing distributors of sodas, energy drinks and other sugary beverages was among the revenue-generating ideas a group of lawmakers proposed to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and other legislative leaders last week. They're trying to end a nearly yearlong impasse that's left the state without a budget.

Energy drinks causing long-term adverse health effects on soldiers

Maria Biery · October 30, 2018 8:45 pm

This Oct. 12, 2015, photo, shows sweet sesame dinner rolls in Concord, N.H. This recipe is a cross between an Italian scali bread, a light, tender bread crusted in sesame seeds, and a Portuguese sweet roll.

FDA mulls requiring sesame seeds be disclosed as food allergy on labels

Robert King · October 29, 2018 4:50 pm

A showdown is brewing between the Obama administration and Republicans over climate change.

Energy and Environment

Pollution kills 600,000 children a year, WHO warns

Kimberly Leonard · October 29, 2018 12:07 pm

A demonstrator holds up a sign in support of abortion outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

The Left is celebrating dangerous mail-order abortion pills

Nicole Russell · October 27, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 file photo shows a large homeless encampment at the Santa Ana Civic Center in Santa Ana, Calif. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, a U.S. advisory committee recommended routine hepatitis A vaccinations for homeless people, following an increase in outbreaks of the contagious liver disease.

Homeless to receive hepatitis A vaccine under new guidance

Kimberly Leonard · October 24, 2018 8:37 pm

President Donald Trump signs legislation combating the opioid epidemic, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington.

The opioid fix that wasn’t

J. J. Rich · October 24, 2018 7:30 pm

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., arrives for a news conference to talk about efforts to defend health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions, Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018.

The problem with pre-existing conditions is being overblown

Philip Klein · October 24, 2018 6:56 pm

President Donald Trump holds a pen up after signing bipartisan legislation to confront the opioid crisis in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington.

Trump signs major opioids legislation just in time for elections

Kimberly Leonard · October 24, 2018 6:50 pm

FILE- In this July 10, 2018, file photo bottles of medicine ride on a belt at the Express Scripts mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J. On Monday, Oct. 15, the industry's largest trade group announced that dozens of drugmakers will start disclosing the prices for U.S. prescription drugs advertised on TV. The prices won't actually be shown in the TV commercials but the advertisement will include a website where the list price will be posted.

Beltway Confidential

Drug prices in ads actually hurt consumers

Sally Pipes · October 23, 2018 5:04 pm

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor applauds as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is honored as he receives the O'Connor Justice Prize at The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Justice Prize Dinner Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Phoenix. The prize was established to raise visibility for rule of law initiatives and recognize people who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing rule of law, justice and human rights.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has ‘beginning stages of dementia’

Melissa Quinn · October 23, 2018 2:38 pm